Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.

If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.

His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.

His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.